The Pentagon said it’s a spy balloon, but China said it was a weather balloon. Officials expect the debris collected offshore will reveal more information about it.
Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck told reporters at the Pentagon that the size of the debris field is estimated to be 1,500 meters by 1,500 meters in about 50 feet of water off the South Carolina coast.
welcome back to all of you watching us around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. i want to get back to our top story. the u.s. on saturday shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon over the atlantic ocean after it drifted across america for several days. onlookers near the coast captured the moment it was hit by a single missile from a fighter jet. one official said the debris landed in a relatively shallow water off south carolina and recovery operations are underway. anything that is salvaged will be sent to the fbi lab for an all sis. the pentagon waited until the balloon was safely over water and away from civilians. with us now from boulder, colorado, is the director for national security initiatives at the university of colorado speaking to us on the phone. how hard do you think it will be to retrieve usable intelligence from the balloon, and what do